Etymology of the English word lassitude
the English word
lassitudederived from the Old French word
lassitudederived from the Latin word
lassitudo (weariness, exhaustion, faintness)
derived from the Latin word
lassus (tired, weary; languid)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*le-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*lē-Date
The earliest known usage of lassitude in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
